From the men who bring you flying mobile homes with TV discs on the roof I give you:
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/03/u-s-air-force-builds-two-crazy-custom-pony-cars...
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June 3, 2009 3:29 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
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June 3, 2009 3:31 p.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 Reader
John Brown wrote:
From the men who bring you flying mobile homes with TV discs on the roof I give you:
damn, is that robo-cop's cop car?
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June 3, 2009 3:50 p.m. jikelly New Reader
Pretty wild looking.
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June 3, 2009 4:00 p.m. RexSeven HalfDork
The 'Stang is pretty nice. The ejector seat idea seems kinda cool, instead of airbags deploying: EJECT, EJECT, EJECT!!!
The Chally is FUUUUUGGGLY! The rims are nasty, the flares are misshapen, and the "vortex generators" look out of place.
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June 3, 2009 4:03 p.m. splitime New Reader
Hooray for government money being given to a "Pimp My Ride" garage to do up those cars.
UGH.
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June 3, 2009 4:13 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
Oh dear god. Yuck. Though the thought of a semi-flat-black Challenger minus all the other hideous accoutrements makes my pants tight.
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June 3, 2009 4:23 p.m. carguy123 Dork
I really like the Challenger. It's over the top while Stang looks as bland there as the V6 model does on the street.
Of course it could just be the angles of the shots, cause the Stang looks better than the Challenger on the street
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June 3, 2009 4:34 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
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June 3, 2009 5:06 p.m. Keith SuperDork
My first thought was "why does that Challenger have a Firebird screaming chicken on it?"
Love the Challenger. Awesome. It's the 21st century KITT.
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June 3, 2009 6:12 p.m. kreb Dork
I've seen so many Mustangs that they' have to throw sulfuric acid on it to make it stand out anymore - way overexposed.
That Challenger looks very cool IMO. And I generally dislike them.
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June 3, 2009 6:43 p.m. spdracer315 New Reader
havent read the link yet but...WHAT CAREER FIELD IS THIS AND WHY WAS I NOT TOLD OF THIS??!!! err... Anyways not sure either one is really my style (god i hate lambo doors...) but projects like that would definatly make time fly...
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June 3, 2009 10:25 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
That interior shoot was IT for me, DROOL!!
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June 4, 2009 1:11 a.m. Brust Reader
We're fighting to put gas in our planes in the CG. Glad to see the Air Farce is upholding their reputation.
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June 4, 2009 5:59 a.m. John Brown SuperDork
Get a better advertising budget?
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June 4, 2009 3:23 p.m. AngryCorvair Dork
did anyone else pick up on the Challenger's rear flares echoing the shape of the 1971 'cuda "billboards"?
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June 4, 2009 3:31 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork
If you've ever seen the kind of cars that are parked at a USAF base, you'd know exactly why these cars are built the way they are. These are going to be excellent recruiting aids.
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June 4, 2009 3:32 p.m. Raze Reader
You all realize the most expensive part of that mustang, including the mustang is the 'actual flight stick'?
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June 5, 2009 12:44 p.m. Mental SuperDork
John Brown wrote:
From the men who bring you flying mobile homes with TV discs on the roof I give you...
We prefer the term "Rotohooter"
GameboyRMH wrote:
If you've ever seen the kind of cars that are parked at a USAF base, you'd know exactly why these cars are built the way they are. These are going to be excellent recruiting aids.
Please, if you see a car like this on an Air Force base, it belongs to a junior enlisted member with a pocket full of post deployment pay and eating ramen noodles
Brust wrote: We're fighting to put gas in our planes in the CG. Glad to see the Air Farce is upholding their reputation.
While we deserve that, the Air Force is fighting to put gas in our planes as well.
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June 5, 2009 1:07 p.m. mistanfo Dork
Like Keith, my first though was "doesn't that belong on a Trans-Am?"
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June 5, 2009 7:47 p.m. mapper New Reader
Brust wrote:
We're fighting to put gas in our planes in the CG. Glad to see the Air Farce is upholding their reputation.
I'm guessing you've never seen the Marine's decked out hummers or the Nascar teams flying very expensive Army and Navy sponsership.
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June 6, 2009 2:13 a.m. Brust Reader
Yeah, I concede.... the CG was part sponsor of Kasey Kahne I think. Bummer that ads are more important than the actual mission. I also think it's a fine line they need to straddle between what appears to be wasteful (subject of this thread) and effective advertising. I don't know the answer.
Oh yeah, and I have noted that the O's in the CG generally drive the shabbiest cars on base. The O-1's always have a flashier car than the O-6, with no exceptions.
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June 6, 2009 3:24 a.m. ThunderCougarFalconGoat New Reader
Its cause they are single. No suckiling kids to sap money. Thus why I am single and kid-less, and drive a GTO.
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June 6, 2009 6:44 p.m. porksboy Dork
Back in the 50's my father was in the AF with the son of the owner of Rexall drugs. The guy got in trouble more than once for driving the same car right down to colour as the base comander.
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June 6, 2009 7:11 p.m. Osterkraut Dork
Brust wrote:
Oh yeah, and I have noted that the O's in the CG generally drive the shabbiest cars on base. The O-1's always have a flashier car than the O-6, with no exceptions.
Major exception: pilots
Down here it seems that their bonuses go straight into flashy cars. Porsches, more Corvettes than I can count, saw a captain in an E92 M3 a few weeks ago, there's even a new-style Viper running around base.
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June 6, 2009 7:12 p.m. Brust Reader
Thanks for rubbing it in, Goat Man. Now why did I get married? Why did I not pay attention in sex-ed in high school? Putting this particular thing here, causes this reaction, son.
I think unfortunately sometimes having the flashy car is just the catalyst that gets the whole thing going.
